Su Qing was utterly exasperated. After figuring out this person’s identity, she realized he was Tang Tianyi, who had been beaten up twice by Xu Chunliang. On her way to work in the morning, she saw the self-proclaid charming Tang Tianyi standing at the office entrance with a bouquet of roses, drawing a lot of attention and whispers.
Seeing Su Qing, Tang Tianyi walked towards her with what he thought was a graceful stride, handing over the bouquet of roses: "These are for you."
Su Qing didn’t even intend to accept them: "I don’t know you. Please stop coming here. This is a workplace, and what you’re doing creates a bad impression."
Tang Tianyi chuckled: "We can go shopping or have a al together." He glanced at Su Qing’s handbag, an ordinary MK. Considering Su Qing’s qualities, she deserved a higher-end bag. He gestured, and the driver handed over a pre-prepared gift bag, which was the latest Hermès handbag Tang Tianyi had prepared.
Su Qing frowned: "What do you an by this?"
"A gift for you, a Hermès handbag. See if you like it."
"Are you crazy? I don’t even know you. Why should I accept your gift?"
As Su Qing tried to leave, Tang Tianyi blocked her path again: "Once strangers, twice acquaintances. Soon enough, we’ll know each other. I’m Tang Tianyi. Even if you haven’t heard of , you must have heard of the Huayuan Group."
Su Qing shook her head: "Never heard of it."
Tang Tianyi said: "You’ve at least heard of Jiayue Departnt Store, right? It’s ours." His tone was full of pride; his family’s background made him feel exceptionally self-assured.
Su Qing was fed up with this self-important rich kid: "I’m not interested in you or your family background. Please don’t interfere with my work and life, or I’ll call security."
Tang Tianyi said with a cheeky grin: "Let’s just be friends. I an no harm."
"I have a boyfriend, so stop bothering , or he’ll be very upset."
"Then let’s have fair competition. Introduce to your boyfriend soti." Tang Tianyi’s skin was thick as a wall; such a beautiful girl couldn’t possibly be single. Even if she had a boyfriend, was he wealthier than him?
Su Qing nodded: "Sure, you know him. His na is Xu Chunliang."
"What?" Tang Tianyi’s face instantly turned pale as paper.
Su Qing took out her phone: "Should I call him to co over and have a chat with you?"
Tang Tianyi forced a stiff smile: "No need, no need." He felt his legs cramp up. Xu Chunliang again—a good cabbage eaten by a pig.
Su Qing gave him a disdainful look and walked quickly towards her office. Just then, Xu Chunliang called, asking about her father’s herbal bath situation. Su Qing told him it didn’t seem to have changed much.
Xu Chunliang reassured her not to rush. Su Tianyu’s condition was an old chronic illness, requiring a period of treatnt to see results.
Su Qing initially wanted to tell him about Tang Tianyi, but on second thought, she decided against it. Tang Tianyi’s face turned deathly pale when he found out Xu Chunliang was her boyfriend, so he probably wouldn’t bother her again.
Xu Chunliang was at the town governnt when he called. He had specifically accompanied Tang Jinglun there to et Deputy Town Mayor Qin Zhengyang. Qin asked several pressing questions, making this a very important visit for Tang Jinglun. Qin Zhengyang was a very pragmatic leader, and after Tang Jinglun promised a quick comncent, Qin expressed his support, personally favoring the elderly hospital project.
The hospital is an essential facility for Weishan Island, aligning with Town Mayor i’s vision of developing an environntally friendly, happy, and long-living island.
The morning’s eting was generally pleasant. After eting Qin Zhengyang, Tang Jinglun imdiately returned, and Xu Chunliang saw him off at the pier. Tang Jinglun told Xu Chunliang that he could ntion his island inspection to Zhao Feiyang, but without too much detail.
The scenic road planning issue might just be a smokescreen from the town governnt, aid at creating psychological pressure by making them nervous.
Qin Zhengyang also promised not to force any imdiate rectification, while Tang Jinglun committed to having a concrete plan ready within half a month.
Xu Chunliang sensed Tang Jinglun would take so action, always feeling that sothing big would happen at Huayuan Group. He called Zhao Feiyang, reporting Tang Jinglun’s inspection but, as instructed, kept it vague.
Xu Chunliang had already noticed that the two brothers of the Huayuan Group had significant differences in their business strategies. According to Tang Jinglun, he was the first to propose expanding into the big health sector, but after succeeding, Tang Jingwei took the credit.
Tang Jingwei not only sidelined Tang Jinglun but also pushed out Duan Yuanhong and Dong Changhao, who had greatly contributed to the big health project. Now, Tang Jingwei favored two people—Yuan Peiqiang and Zhao Feiyang, who also had a balancing relationship.
Tang Jinglun was clearly unwilling to accept this but lacked sufficient influence within Huayuan Group. Various signs showed that even he was becoming one of Tang Jingwei’s targets for co-optation.
Xu Chunliang held a wait-and-see attitude towards Tang Jinglun, hoping he would achieve sothing, but his confidence in him wasn’t very high.
Zhao Feiyang also knew that the Tang brothers were not as harmonious as they seed. Whether he admitted it or not, he was in Tang Jingwei’s camp now. Tang Jingwei was a highly suspicious person. Though he entrusted Zhao with significant responsibilities, he also used Yuan Peiqiang as a counterbalance. Zhao Feiyang had initially thought that his personal power would increase after restructuring, but when it beca reality, he realized it wasn’t that simple.
The crisis at Huayuan Group arrived very suddenly, and this ti it wasn’t from within the group, but from the entertainnt circle.
A B-list actress, Zheng Tong, was exposed for secretly having a child out of wedlock in North Arica. Normally, given her status, having an illegitimate child wouldn’t cause much of a stir. However, a reporter captured Huayuan Group’s CEO, Tang Jingwei, secretly entering and leaving the hospital on the day of Zheng Tong’s delivery. At the sa ti, photos of the two repeatedly entering and leaving casinos together were unearthed.
This news stirred up a storm, quickly trending on social dia, while simultaneously causing the stock prices of Huayuan Group and Jiayue Departnt Store to fall.
Huayuan Group quickly clarified the news, stating that Tang Jingwei and Zheng Tong had no relationship, and that the group reserved the right to hold those spreading rumors accountable.
However, the statent had no effect. The informant promptly released several more explosive pieces of evidence, all photos of Tang Jingwei gambling abroad.
After the scandal broke, Tang Jingwei quickly returned to the country. Though he initially wanted to stay abroad to avoid the spotlight, the event had already caused significant dissatisfaction among the company’s board, and Tang Jingwei had to personally convene a board eting to give an explanation.
Upon returning to Nanjiang, the first person Tang Jingwei t was his younger brother, Tang Jinglun. Tang Jingwei suspected that his brother had sothing to do with this incident, although he had no concrete evidence. He had always known about his brother’s ambition to replace him.
It was definitely a long-planned sche, perfectly tid to break the scandal while he was abroad. Tang Jingwei anticipated a board eting tomorrow where he would face a situation of being attacked by the board mbers, possibly forcing him to resign in disgrace.
Tang Jingwei seldom visited his brother’s ho, mostly it was the brother who ca to see him. He even forgot the last ti he visited his brother’s house.
When he arrived at Tang Jinglun’s ho, Tang Jinglun had already set up a ga of chess and smiled at Tang Jingwei: "Brother, shall we play a ga?"
Tang Jingwei had long lost interest in playing chess. He glanced at the board and found it was an endga; he imdiately understood his brother’s implication and suppressed his anger: "I’m not interested in cleaning up a ss."
Tang Jinglun said aningfully: "Don’t worry, brother, leave everything to ."
Tang Jingwei sat down across from him, staring into his eyes: "Was it you?"
Tang Jinglun retorted: "What good would it do ?"
"You’ve always wanted to replace , right?" Tang Jinglun laughed: "People of our status, playing with actresses, having an illegitimate child, it shouldn’t affect stock prices. You might not have noticed the market trends these past two days; although it fell yesterday, today’s rebound was significant."
Tang Jingwei said: "You should have long known about Huayuan’s resilience, I’ve seen plenty of small storms."
Tang Jinglun said: "The board mbers will definitely want you to have a stance on this matter."
"What stance do you think I should take? Should I bring up your actions in the secondary market during the board eting?"
Tang Jinglun seemingly didn’t mind: "You’re really good at sacrificing family for righteousness."
"Both of us are the sa!"
Tang Jinglun said: "You never like looking at the chessboard." He picked up a white piece and placed it on the board, saying aningfully: "When father was alive, he often said I was indecisive by nature and couldn’t achieve great things."
Tang Jingwei said: "If he knows in the afterlife, he should know he misjudged." With such a ruthless heart, even his elder brother wasn’t spared; does he even know the aning of the familial duty set by our ancestors? Shaless!
"A father knows his son best, he wasn’t wrong. If I were a bit more decisive, more ruthless, you might not have a way out." Tang Jinglun placed another piece.
Tang Jingwei said: "Though your chess moves are clever, they may not achieve the effect you want. That woman’s issue doesn’t hurt that much."
Tang Jinglun said: "You probably forgot how you t Zheng Tong."
Tang Jingwei pursed his lips.
Tang Jinglun said: "There’s sothing you probably don’t know, Tianyi t her three years ago."
Tang Jingwei’s face turned exceptionally grim.
Tang Jinglun said: "If this old scandal is dug up, the Tang Family’s reputation might not hold."
"What do you want?"
"When Huayuan Group expanded overseas a couple of years ago, the board said you were overly ambitious, but they didn’t actually realize you had ulterior motives. With one buy and one sell, the group lost billions, but personally, you didn’t suffer much loss."
Tang Jingwei angrily said: "I am your elder brother, and you actually investigated secretly."
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